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America: The Story of Us (2010)

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America: the story of Us poster
Documentary - VFX – 28 shots
Production Company: Nutopia Productions
For The History Channel
In collaboration with Jellyfish Pictures

Overview: The series tells the extraordinary story of how America was invented, looking at the moments where technology overcame the environment - from the rigors of linking the continent by transcontinental roads and railways - the internet of its day - to triumphing over vertical space from steel structured buildings to putting a man on the moon. This is history with roots in the physical world: wilderness, animals, weather, the sea. "America: The Story of Us" is also a story of conflict in Indian wars, slavery, the revolutionary war that birthed the nation, the civil war that divided it and the great world wars that shaped its future. The series is an immersive look at the forces - the people, places and things that created this most astounding country. It's a tough and thrilling adventure. (12 episodes)

Description of our work:

  • Concept
  • Look development, textures and lighting
  • Matte paintings
  • Camera setup and animation
  • SFX, particle and simulations effects
  • Set extensions and layout
  • Compositing effects and integration

Relevant link:

CG News - Jellyfish Pictures Nominated for 2 VES Awards

Credits:

VFX PRODUCERMarc BOURBONNAIS
VFX SUPERVISORSYanick WILISKY
 Eloi BRUNELLE
VFX PRODUCTION MANAGERJacinthe CÔTÉ
VFX PROJECT MANAGEROdile-Emmanuelle AUGER
LEAD CONCEPT & MATTE PAINTINGSylvain LORGEOU
MATTE PAINTERSPhilippe LANGLOIS
 Florent LEBRUN
LEAD MODELINGMathieu PHANEUF
MODELERSGuillaume CHAMPAGNE
 Lon KRUNG
 Romain CLOUET
 Nicolas GAFFIERO
 Simon MEUNIER
 Stefano GEMMELLARO
LEAD TDMostafa BADRAN
TDSylvain BERGER
RIGGINGXavier LAPOINTE
 Carlos ABREGO
TEXTURE ARTISTSGuillaume GOUDREAULT
 Josee DUMAS
 Nicolas FILLION
 Frank GAROUFALIS
ANIMATION SUPERVISORMarcus ALQUERES
ANIMATORSJeremy LAMBOLEZ
 Philip MELANCON
 Bruno BLAIN
 Anne-Marie VAILLANCOURT
 David YABU
 Velislava NIKOLOVA
LEAD TD LIGHTINGNadege BOZZETTI
LIGHTINGOlivier NADEAU
LEAD LOOK DEVELOPMENTMartin PELLETIER
LOOK DEVELOPMENTMathieu BERTRAND
 Marc-Antoine DESJARDINS
 Robert QUINN
 Jean-Pierre RIVERIN
SFXFrancois DUSCHENEAU
 Ryo MIKAI
 Ronen TANCHUM
MOTION TRACKINGJean-Francois MORISSETTE
 Orange Pictures
DIGITAL COMPOSITING SUPERVISORLuc JULIEN
DIGITAL COMPOSITORSJoao SITA
 Alban KASIKCI
 Christophe PACAUD
 Mickael LEGER
 Andreane DODIER-VILLENEUVE
 Stéphane RIOUX
 Alice PEPUJOL
 Andrea ESPINAL
 Jonathan CARRÉ
 Jean-Philippe TRAORÉ
 Martin LARRIVÉE
DATA WRANGLERSJulie JOANNOTEGUY
 Pascal LAFLAMME
 Sebastien FORTIER
 Stéphane PICARD
VFX PRODUCTION ASSISTANTSFrancis LAROUCHE
 Sarah TREPANIER
 Tanya MOORE
TECHNICAL SUPPORTVincent TOUSSAINT
VFX LINE PRODUCERPatrick BISSONNETTE
VFX SALES & MARKETING DIRECTORValérie CLÉMENT